A list of seminars and webinars of relevance to researchers in infectious diseases. Joining links will be updated as they are made available. Discovery Research Platform for Hidden Cell Biology ad hoc Seminar - Exploiting divergent biology of two fission yeasts to understand membrane function Date: Monday 16 February 2026Time: 12.05 pmLocation: Room S7.20, Michael Swann Building King's Buildings Campus, EdinburghSpeaker: Prof. Snezhka Oliferenko, Randall Centre for Cell & Molecular Biophysics, King’s College London; The Francis Crick Institute, LondonHost: Robin Allshire Usher Institute Guest Speaker Seminar Series in collaboration with the Centre for Medical Informatics - Smartphones and wearables for clinical care and research Date: Monday 16 February 2026Time: 1 – 2 pmLocation: Usher Building, The University of Edinburgh.Online: TBARegistration: Please click link to register on Eventbrite and receive online joining information if required.Registration will close on Monday 09 FebruarySpeaker: Professor Will Dixon, Professor of Digital Epidemiology at the University of Manchester and an honorary consultant rheumatologist at Salford Royal Hospital. Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series - Topic: mammalian immune responses to parasitic worm infections Date: Wednesday 25 February 2026Time: 1 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: TBASpeaker: James Hewitson, University of YorkHosts: Andrew MacDonald/Joanna Young Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday Seminar Series - Topic: experimental, mathematical, and genomic approaches to understanding microbial evolution Date: Wednesday 25 February 2026Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: TBCSpeaker: Danna Gifford, University of ManchesterHost: Helen Alexander School of Biological Sciences Seminar Series - Intrinsic Disorder in the Highly Ordered Circadian Clock Date: Monday 2 March 2026Time: 12 pm (access from 11.45am)Location: Daniel Rutherford Building, G.27, LT1, King's Buildings EdinburghSpeaker: Professor Jennifer Hurley, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteHosts: Priya Crosby, ICB Institute of Ecology & Evolution Seminar - Ecological and Evolutionary Responses of Phytoplankton and Other Microbes to Global Environmental Change Date: Monday 2 March 2026Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: TBCSpeaker: Elena Litchman, Michigan State UniversityHost: Sinead Collins Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series - Topic area: Immune-stromal interactions in infection, inflammation and cancer of the serous cavities. Date: Wednesday 4 March 2026Time: 1 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via TEAMS. Meeting ID: 370 326 633 670 33 Passcode: fL6M8C8GSpeaker: Peter Crompton, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesHosts: Phil Spence Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series - Immune-stromal interactions in infection, inflammation and cancer of the serous cavities Date: Wednesday 18 March 2026Time: 1 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via TEAMS. Meeting ID: 374 510 048 107 82 Passcode: fs38Zb2wSpeaker: Lucy Jackson-Jones, Lancaster UniversityHosts: Georgia Perona-Wright Institute of Ecology & Evolution Seminar - TBA Date: Wednesday 18 March 2026Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: TBCSpeaker: Simon Evans, University of ExeterHost: Lizy Mittell Centre for Inflammation Research Seminar - Attack of the Clones - how clonal haematopoiesis promotes blood cancer and inflammation Date: Wednesday 25 March 2026Time: 12 pm to 1 pmLocation: Large Seminar Room in IRR South, 5 Little France Drive, EH16 4UUSpeaker: Professor Timothy Chevassut, Professor of Haematology, University of SussexHost: Professor Richard Weller Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series - TBA Date: Wednesday 25 March 2026Time: 1 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: TBASpeaker: Win Surachetpong, University of StirlingHosts: Jason Mooney Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday Seminar Series - Topic Area: Baboon Genetics Date: Wednesday 25 March 2026Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: TBCSpeaker: Jenny Tung, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyTopic: Baboon GeneticsHost: Josephine Pemberton Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series - Topic area - Topic area: DNA recombination, replication, repair and antigenic variation in trypanosomatid parasites Date: Wednesday 1 April 2026Time: 1 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via TEAMS. Meeting ID: 370 326 633 670 33. Passcode: fL6M8C8GSpeaker: Jack Sunter, Oxford BrookesHosts: Achim Schnaufer Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - TBA Date: Wednesday 1 April 2026Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: TBCSpeaker: Aurora Ruiz-Herrera, UAB BarcelonaHost: Simon Martin Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - Challenges and opportunities for forest expansion in seeking carbon and biodiversity win-wins Date: Wednesday 15 April 2026Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: Via TEAMS. Meeting ID: 380 059 674 087 93 Passcode: QF2SG6aVSpeaker: Ruth Mitchell, The James Hutton InstituteHost: Josephine Pemberton Centre for Inflammation Research Seminar - Illuminating and controlling cell function with chemogenetics Date: Wednesday 22 April 2026Time: 12 pm to 1 pmLocation: IRR south large seminar room 1.05, 5 Little France Drive, EH16 4UUSpeaker: Professor Arnaud Gautier, University of SorbonneHost: Professor Marc Vendrell Edinburgh Immunology Group seminar series: Seasons of Immunology Spring Session Date: Thursday 30 April 2026Time: 1.30 pm to 5pmLocation: Seminar room 1.05 in IRR South, 5 Little France Drive, EH16 4UUSpeakers: Dr. Achille Broggi (Centre d'immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, France)Prof. Richard Grencis (Manchester)Dr. Karen Mackenzie (Edinburgh, CIR) Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series- DNA recombination, replication, repair and antigenic variation in trypanosomatid parasites Date: Wednesday 6 May 2026Time: 1 pmLocation: Ashworth Labs, Lecture Theatre 3 (LT3), KIng's BuildingsOnline: TBASpeaker: Richard Mcculloch, University of GlasgowHosts: Achim Schnaufer Institute of Immunology and Infection Seminar Series - Parasites and organoids Date: Wednesday 13 May 2026Time: 1 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: TBASpeaker: David Smith, Moredun Research InstituteHosts: Joanna Young Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - Topic Area: MHC in humans and sticklebacks Date: Wednesday 13 May 2026Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: TBCSpeaker: Tobias Lenz, University of HamburgHost: Josephine Pemberton Institute of Ecology & Evolution Wednesday seminar series - TBA Date: Wednesday 20 May 2026Time: 2.10 pmLocation: Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs, Kings Buildings campusOnline: TBCSpeaker: Delphine De Moor, Max Planck InstituteHost: Matthew Silk Edinburgh Immunology Group seminar series: Seasons of Immunology Summer Session Date: Thursday 11 June 2026Time: 1.30 pm to 5pmLocation: Seminar room 1.05 in IRR South, 5 Little France Drive, EH16 4UUSpeakers: Dr. Mike Dolan (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)Dr. Juan Quintana (Manchester)Dr. Jing Qui (Edinburgh, CDBS) This article was published on 2024-08-28
